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Roy Boehm – WWII Pacific War veteran. First commanding officer of SEAL Team Two (1962), considered godfather of all SEALs. Rudy Boesch – Founding member of SEAL Team Two in 1962 and Vietnam War veteran. He was a competitor in the TV reality shows Survivor and Survivor: All-Stars, and host of the reality series Combat Missions. Former ...
He won a National Merit Scholarship and attended Yale University, where he was a member of Jonathan Edwards College and Beta Theta Pi, [7] and played as wing forward in the rugby team. [8] During his time at Yale, Marlantes trained in the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class. [9] He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship at University College, Oxford. [10]
He was chosen as one of the first SEALs, becoming chief of the boat of newly created SEAL Team TWO in 1962. Starting in 1968 and 1970, Boesch completed two combat deployments during the Vietnam War, where he earned the Bronze Star for heroic action. During that time and later, Boesch set physical and operational standards at SEAL Team TWO.
South Vietnam July 12, 1965 Scout team leader Bryan W. Compton Jr. Navy Commander Hanoi, North Vietnam August 21, 1967 Strike leader Fred J. Cone Marine Corps Major North Vietnam October 25, 1967 A6A Intruder pilot Milton W. Confer Navy Engineman First Class South Vietnam February 13, 1970 PBR Richard F. Conklin Marine Corps Corporal
At the age of 17, Boehm enlisted in the United States Navy in April 1941 to become a diver and saw action in the Pacific theater of operation during World War II from February 1942 until the conclusion of the war in 1945. His first billet as a hardhat diver was aboard the USS Duncan (DD-485), a newly commissioned Gleaves-class destroyer. [1]
The SEALs from Team Two started a unique deployment of SEAL team members working alone with ARVN Commandos. In 1967, a SEAL unit named Detachment Bravo (Det Bravo) was formed to operate these mixed US and ARVN units. Presidential Unit Citation awarded to SEAL Team TWO for extraordinary heroism in Vietnam from July 1969 to June 1971
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Goines was selected to be one of the first to go to Cuba, but the invasion was eventually scrapped. Goines served three tours in the Vietnam War with SEAL Team TWO, deploying twice with 14-man platoons, and once leading a Vietnamese unit. He was fluent in English, French and Spanish, but found it hard to learn ...
Thomas Rolland Norris (born January 14, 1944) is a retired United States Navy SEAL and Distinguished Eagle Scout, who received the Medal of Honor for his ground rescue with the assistance of Petty Officer Third Class Nguyen Van Kiet of two downed aircrew members in Quảng Trị province during the Vietnam War on April 10–13, 1972.